10 Horrifying Stories of Animals Killing their Owners

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

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[@greghuffman3061]

wtf a cassowary can KICK IN A CAR DOOR?!

[@TerminusVox]

The two words you want to stay away from when it comes to pet spiders are "pet spiders".

[@DesiGalCrochet]

Exactly! If I hear pet spider you will hear your front door slamming on my way out. Did not even listen to the whole entry because it was absolutely horrible!!!

[@civwar054]

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[@vintageretro83]

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[@kimhohlmayer7018]

I had a pet Tarantula and he was the most mellow pet ever. I didn’t handle him. When I cleaned the cage I scooped him up in a styrofoam cup. A friend currently has a tarantula who is also quite calm. Currently a dark fishing spider I have named Frank is living in the left tub of my double tub utility sink in my basement. He’s my go to guy for pest control. I don’t handle him at all. I just enjoy watching him.

[@greghuffman3061]

dude i wont even go inside the home of someone who owns a pet tarantula

[@ABadassDragon]

There is almost no animal in the world that isnt able to kill you in some way. The more i watch Casual Geographics, the more this sank in

[@richardcheeseman6330]

I love that channel! "here is this cute and cuddly friend shaped animal.....It can/will remove you from the census in this horrible way!"

[@benjamindurkin]

I have a pet spider. It's not exotic or anything, it's just a common house spider. I can guarantee that she won't be the cause of my death, and she provides a valuable service catching flies. Common she may be, but I think she's majestic.

[@lindakrause4597]

I had a pet tarantula for 16 years, she was great.

[@ralfrudiger7276]

Disgusting

[@lindakrause4597]

No@@ralfrudiger7276

[@Animanarchy]

I live in a room+bathroom that gets a lot of bugs and has no ventilation system so I let spiders make webs that get added to generationally all over the top corners and over the ceiling so they catch other bugs and over time lots of dust until eventually they eventually get too heavy and strained and fall down, then the spiders just make more webs. It's a symbiotic relationship.

[@evelynharber6077]

Not a pet just an 8-legged roommate.

[@feanacar]

Being raised on a farm, one of the first things we were taught to stay the hell away from bulls.

[@AltonV]

I once was headbutted by a cow while walking on the feeding table in the barn. Luckily I didn't get hit with the full force

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

No. 4 is just heartbreaking. That poor little girl. She was probably taught the snake was friendly too 😭

[@gititgiitit5450]

people don't seem to understand the immense strength constrictors have or their stealth. Or that they are not domesticated. feeding them might make them docile but still not domesticated.

[@thewebmachine]

Counterpoint: You can't elbow drop a horse, but we keep them as pets, too. In fact, plenty of people are killed by horses. However, the historical utility of horses leads us to have a bias in their favor and to disregard those deaths as more "normal" or more rare than they really are. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@lacyLor]

Horses are prey animals and it’s not in their nature to attack. I don’t see animals that could only kill you by freak accident as being in the same category as predatory or territorial animals that attack humans because some idiot had it as a pet.

[@thewebmachine]

See what I mean about bias? Around 100 people are killed by horses in the US each year, and many more are injured. Many of them are not freak accidents. A horse that is spooked for *any* reason has the potential to kick or throw a person. That is one of the first things they teach you about equestrianship: Never stand directly behind a horse! This video lists a person killed by a pet Bull, which are also prey animals. In fact, cows/bulls and horses kill about the same number of people each year. Danger is danger, regardless of intent.

[@lacyLor]

@@thewebmachine Bulls are territorial and will attack. Horses don’t attack so all I’m saying is I don’t see it as the same thing. I didn’t say they weren’t dangerous (I’ve been injured by horses myself, but they didn’t “attack” me) Plus I don’t really see your point because I agree that bulls attack people and cattle are much more advantageous to humans in today’s world than horses.

[@AltonV]

@@lacyLor horses can actually attack people

[@Grobohalic]

⁠@@lacyLorPrey animals can often be more dangerous than carnivorous ones. See the hippo segment of this video. Prey animals spend their lives in fight-or-flight mode. Humans are foolish enough to assume they will always pick flight. I would take a mountain lion or a black bear over a moose any day of the week. The former will likely leave you alone, knowing you are more trouble than you’re worth to hunt. The latter will attack first, ask questions later, often unprovoked. I also want to point out that cats and dogs are hunters at heart, and domestic dogs kill 50 people a year. By contrast pythons killed 16 people in the US in 30 years.

[@julieours4135]

We had a ball pythons named Monty. She was a lovely girl & we were devastated when she got cancer and died.

[@harrydbastard]

You'd think ant eaters would be great to cuddle, I now know not to do that. Thank you.

[@sydhenderson6753]

King Alexander of Greece was killed by sepsis from a bite from a pet monkey who was obviously a secret revolutionary. And legend has that Pharaoh Menes of Egypt was killed by a hippo (who wasn't a pet).

[@anna9072]

But actually, he wouldn’t necessarily have died, except no doctor wanted to take responsibility for treating it. Apparently, if they’d taken the case and the king died, they would have been held responsible for his death, so no one wanted to take the chance. So he died of what should have been a very treatable injury, if only he hadn’t been king.

[@BMW_329]

Pitbull of the animal world? Wouldn't pitbulls be the pitbull of the animal kingdom.

[@Rattrap007]

Came to say the exact same thing.

[@DFSJR1203]

I had a friend I went to school with who lived on a farm. I liked going over to help take care of mini goats. Several times I got hit in the family jewels by these little killers. They would run and jump putting there head right where it hurt the most when they hit you.

[@eetadakimasu]

Exactly! My friends had an aggressive German Shepherd that they refused to train, they were upset when I wouldn't dog-sit... No thanks!

[@johnlash6511]

It's sad for the animals that could put in these positions because a lot of their keepers just forget that animals are going to do what animals do.. I've been keeping reptiles of all kinds and tarantulas for just about 30 years now I love and enjoy working with the animals that I have😊

[@kiarasmith3437]

Absolutely LOVING you as host.. please don’t leave us 😢😂

[@calebsoard1]

Love this channel! Great "interim" host lol Suggestions: Biggest explosions outside war Crazy things found in claw machines Cheapest places to live Places believed hiding species once thought extinct

[@Collsy100]

Why is he interim? What happened to the usual host?

[@calebsoard1]

@@Collsy100 there's a video about it.

[@AltonV]

@@Collsy100the video exlaining it is called "It's All My Fault (Announcement)"

[@ladylove8565]

#6 with the pigs eating the owner. Makes me think about the case of the BC pig farmer who was a serial killer and used to feed his victims to the pigs. Now thats a horror story

[@iangregory3719]

Anyone who has seen the movie Snatch will know all about pigs. The gangster Bricktop goes into great detail on how to dispose of a body by, in his word "feed him to the pigs Erroll".

[@j.p.6932]

10:36 So the wolf dogs were killed but the giant python was sent to a sanctuary??

[@j.p.6932]

11:12 How does that change the way in which they kill you? They still squeeze you to death, don’t they? Does it matter if you stop breathing or heart stops beating first?

[@pinballrobbie]

It matters to the Python.

[@CptVyker]

People should include a warning for things like #8, too. My wife is unreasonably terrified of snakes

[@joeschmoe5009]

Ive seen a dog eating its owner because the owner passed away and the dog didnt have access to any food. Did a welfare check and when i opened the apartment door, there was the dog unfortunately in the middle of its meal. Pretty crazy stuff

[@vexile1239]

Poor dog

[@stanleyhape8427]

I have a cat that no doubt would eat me if I died.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content karl! Suggestion: top 10 epithats for monarchs 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@dantheman9784]

Being somebody who has kept deadly animals as pets, I find this interesting.

[@shaylenwayne9284]

Human thoughts: cute Animal thoughts: prey

[@UnicornOfDepression]

A pet cassowary. What the actual fuck? Dude couldn't finance a real Jurassic Park, so he went the budget route. Cassowary: a 6ft. living dinosaur holding three serrated steak knives on each claw, sporting an angry disposition coupled with limited intelligence. Not a good mix, yet perfect for Australia.

[@zhaolang1215]

I highly recommend Casual Geographic for getting any animal tips

[@ABadassDragon]

Yea, tips number 1. Anything can kill you

[@krisfinley6706]

One of the best channels for animal education and excellent humor 👏 I also love Animalogic

[@Shauma_llama]

I grew up on a farm. As soon as I was big enough to get around, my grandfather gave me very graphic warnings about staying out of the hog lot.

[@Nehmo]

For several years, my business was buying and selling mobile home tires. Mobile homes don't use the tires after the MHs are situated, and the tires remain under the MH. I would buy them from the MH owner, and later sell them for a profit. In Arizona (a part of the United States), Black Widows often live under MHs. Sometimes, while crawling under the MH, I would have to push away numerous Black Widows to get to the tires. I never got bit. Also, no one else in the same business (there were a few of us) ever got bit. It's a myth that Black Widows are aggressive.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

That is one myth I have zero desire to put to the test. I will take your word for it but continue to give them their personal space 😅

[@itsapittie]

I've encountered many living on farms most of my life and I agree they are generally not aggressive. However, they absolutely will bite at times. As a physician, I've seen a few cases of people bitten by them. Who knows what provoked them? I don't get terribly concerned about them, but I certainly don't associate with them by choice.

[@Nehmo]

How did you know the patient _really_ had a black widow bite? @@itsapittie

[@itsapittie]

@@Nehmo People are typically able to identify the black widow because unlike a lot of other spiders, its bite is immediately painful. They feel the pain, look for the source, and see the spider. More often than not, they bring it with them, either dead or alive.

[@stanleyhape8427]

Back widows are not aggressive. People are always overhyping how dangerous the black widow is.

[@Plarby]

By the way, as a native of Oregon, it's pronounced O-rig'n, just for future reference

[@ReierGotter]

Love Karl as the new host. I kinda miss the old music that played during Simon’s videos.

[@jimmccauley9099]

Why did Simon leave? I subscribe to all his channels. Hard to top "Brain Blaze."

[@nicknchicken5381]

I know it’s pretty well known, but “Travis the Chimp”

[@---l---]

I believe it was Fact Fiend that taught me that chimpanzees will eat your fingers and face.

[@ToptenzNettop10]

Birthday cake anyone?

[@IamB3CCA]

I’m scandalized! I love anteaters :0

[@eyesjamesq]

Very interesting information.

[@gaylegoodman9097]

About hippos, I don’t think they are like cats. I’ve had cats my entire life. None have ever even tried to bite me to death 😱!

[@gaylegoodman9097]

Pit bull become aggressive due to how the owner treats and trains them. Black widow spiders are probably not able to be trained in this way.

[@itsapittie]

As a physician, I have treated a handful of patients bitten by black widow spiders. While their bites are extremely painful, they are rarely life-threatening. That poor guy must have been very unlucky. Even so, I don't think they are appropriate pets.

[@bobbydigital715]

I had an 8 1/2 foot boa constrictor. Her name was Milkshake, since you were talking about Tiny

[@deanbuss1678]

You can add " disturbing" to the list of how I found this video. Good job! Cheery🎉!

[@wonky_shoebox7514]

My version of exotic pets: the crows and other birdies I feed, a neighbours cat that comes every so often for scritches, and the various insects that live in my house. When I lived at my parents it was on the edge of a national park that contained two species of deer, squirrels, badgers etc and we turned the back garden into an animal buffet. We also lived next to a river and the marsh & water contained loads of interesting animals. My favourite was the seal that decided to hand with the otters

[@CNCmachiningisfun]

When my Camels jumped me, and pinned me down, breathing was difficult, as was movement. I soon learned that blocking their noses, if I could reach, or grabbing a pair of ..... orbs ..... would "fix" the problem :) .

[@fabricdragon]

i used to think i wanted a pet tarantula- until i found out they can blind you by getting tiny sharp hairs in your eyes

[@keryeeastin4022]

What up Smallwood!!!! ❤

[@nowt2957]

Karl - Smallwood interimming 🙃

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

My grandpa had a wolf dog. I think he took it in from a friend. She was pretty sweet but she’d knock the wind out of you. We were taught she was friendly but it was drilled into us that she is part wolf so she can never be trusted. She disappeared one day. Her tie was broken and there were larger wolf prints in the mud. No fur or blood. I guess a local wolf decided she’d be a good mate 😅

[@itgscot5169]

The lesson of today is: FAFO

[@nidorina28]

Lots of black widows where I live and I can confirm they prefer to be left alone. My kid overflowed the basement toilet once and a black widow came floating out from where it had been living in a little nook in the foundation. Curious as to what it was eating down there.

[@mablomescobar7308]

The subscriber to view ratio is nuts

[@lalabrouhaha]

That's a damn good looking green screen!

[@sheila120741]

Yes I have had several pet cows and one bull named Jason

[@greghuffman3061]

my mom used to own a monkey as a pet. She said it used to piss off my step-dad when he woulr have to chase it through the house as it went on a rampage. My mom was famous for owning weird animals. even had a gator at one point

[@evelynharber6077]

Watching your video makes a viewer think there are some who like to take risks even without be conscious of it. Pigs are farm animals, but they will eat you if hungry, snake, are predictors, rhinos are very big and are bullies if you are in their way! Why would anyone wish to have an animal as pet when it is really a wild beast at heart? It takes many generations for an animal to be domesticated!

[@7-ten]

The fact that you refuse to shave your head and grow a beard is like choosing to kick my dog every hour on the hour.

[@possum9010]

Wouldn't Pit Bulls be the Pit Bulls of the animal world?

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

There is a clip of a farmer that had like 10 grand casually in his jacket pocket, as one does. The jacket was hanging over the fence of three hog pen. He lost his 10 grand very quickly. My husband saw the clip and emphasized with the man, I did not then told him the damage that hogs can do. He probably shouldn’t have married a country girl 😂

[@sheila120741]

Good news unless you're allergic to a black widow you're not going to die from a black widow bite

[@fabricdragon]

i have to agree you dont know if the hogs killed him- they ATE him, for sure...

[@matthewdobbie6740]

Awesome

[@davidgardiner3386]

could you do a top tenz on smallwooded hill tops from around the world just for a laugh

[@thehomeschoolinglibrarian]

Animals need to be respected be they wild or domestic as they are still animals and can and will kill you if they feel threatened or are mistreated. Domestic cats and dogs can kill people even if it just from a bite that gets infected. It is never the animals fault because humans should know better.

[@sheep-go-quack7600]

And if I did accidentally forget to feed them one day, exactly HOW will my 3 goldfish kill me...?? Will one create a distraction while the other two run me over in the tank??

[@csailer2353]

It’s sad most if these were elderly people who probably should have given up having animals that require strength and speed if a mishap was to happen. One that could have been added was a woman, I forget her name, but she was killed (or maybe it was her friend?…: both were there, one died one survived) by her male pet chimp in the most brutal way.

[@PaulsGarage]

Yeeaaah Karl!!!

[@shyfangirl]

Top ten misconception of pitbulls. 🙏 please 🙏

[@EmilyJelassi]

Number 1 is just a whole universe of just NOT!! horrifying 😮

[@GeorgieB1965]

Subtitle for the video: 10 Darwin Award Winners In The Exotic Pet category.

[@christigmc]

A majority of our domesticated pets are dogs and cats. Even the most well trained ones lash out and do undesirable things on occasion. Now imagine wild animals

[@morrigan908]

I don't have the statistics, but I'm going to guess there are way more people killed each year by horses than camels. I'm not knocking horses! I've owned, trained, and showed Saddlebreds; trained racking horses, Arabians, and quarter horses; and taught riding lessons in both Saddleseat and Western. I know horses, which is why I figure it's a safe bet that horseback riding kills a lot more people than camel riding. Or possibly camel sitting, I guess? I'm pretty sure camels would even out the stats if camels were as popular as horses though.

[@lacyLor]

Yeah but people die in horse related accidents. That camel straight up murdered that lady

[@itsapittie]

@@lacyLor It's not unknown for a horse to go rogue and murder someone as well. I'd wager that it's very uncommon for people who know the animals and their quirks to be killed by camels. Common domesticated animals pose risks to humans, but they're not in the same category as truly wild animals that people think they can turn into pets.

[@andrewruss9420]

Sharks will only attack you if you're wet

[@lacyLor]

Note to self. Don’t try to pet an anteater. 👍

[@morrigan908]

If you must keep a python as a pet, make it one that stays small enough that it doesn't see the kids and the rottweiler as snacks that it's saving for later. Maybe a nice Children's python (named after John Children, not because it's a good kids' pet) or a rosy boa. Those stay nice and small. The males are only two to four feet full grown. How about the sand boa? He's even tinier! Or maybe branch out to something both non-constricting and nonvenomous like a corn snake, kingsnake, hognose, or (my favorite name by far) African egg-eating snake. None of these guys are gonna be munching on the kids. The African egg-eating snake doesn't even have fangs and, as the name suggests, eats... eggs! Small eggs to be sure, but no live or frozen mice.

[@MMOchAForPrez]

I hope Simon is doing OK with the event that happened at Prague University. Hopefully everyone is safe now.

[@BMW_329]

What happened to him I've only just started watching the channel again?

[@pollypocket3508]

​@@BMW_329 he had a sort of falling out with the owner of Biographics, Geographics, and TopTenz and left. He still hosts on his other channels.

[@phant0]

I have never understood people who keep as pets animals that aren't even capable of comprehending the concept of you being their friend like snakes and spiders. At best they only become accustomed to your presence around them.

[@Nylak-Otter]

As far as I'm concerned, if the animal doesn't actively enjoy being pet and seek out attention from its human caretakers, then it's not a pet, it's a decoration that you have to take care of. And this absolutely includes fish.

[@xion1629]

​@@Nylak-Otter some fish enjoy getting pet. Look it up

[@nanananatalied]

100%

[@itsapittie]

@@Nylak-Otter At least common "pet" fish can't hurt you. I'm not interested myself, but I don't consider people stupid for wanting them. On the other hand, people who keep venomous snakes, hyenas, etc.... Stupid.

[@chantellylace4174]

Pretty sure my pet could kill me. Hes a Muscovy duck the size of a swan....if you know, you know. Thankfully most of the time he just wants to cuddle lol

[@j.p.6932]

13:15 Just like OJ Simpson

[@Herowebcomics]

Yeah,hippos are gangster! Sure they may act nice,but they are fierce in the wild! It's best to keep your distance from them and all the other creatures on this list!😕

[@kristinehansen.]

I miss Simon

[@sheila120741]

Cows are pretty sweet Bulls on the other hand are supposed to be territorial and aggressive

[@itsapittie]

Bulls in general are both bigger and more aggressive than cows, although I've certainly been knocked around by cows and even occasionally placed in serious danger. Cattle are domesticated to the extent that we can use them, even walk among them and touch them usually, but they're not accustomed to human contact to the same extent as a horse, for example.

[@sheila120741]

@itsapittie very true Let Me growing up we usually only have at most five and my very first cow was named Apples of course we ended up eating her horrible but she was like a dog and you must work with cows with cattle cuz I prefer cows the horses horses can be nasty but your right when there in a herd they act more like cattle. One cow in a field is sad. Oh and Horses are stuck up to cows lol

[@itsapittie]

@@sheila120741 We usually had 30-50 cows and one bull at a time. Asyoucan imagine, each cow didn't get much individual attention. Nevertheless, we could usually walk among them and even up to them without much bother if we didn't make any sudden moves. Even the bull was usually fine if you gave him his space. It was when we had to give them immunizations, brand them, etc. that t rsk of injury went up substantially. Cattle are domesticated but most of them are only partly tamed.

[@sheila120741]

@@itsapittie I had a bull named Jason and I used to brush him and wash him and then my dad castrated him and the next time my dad was in the field he chased him up the tree my dad was not a nice guy so I thought that was pretty cool unfortunately I came home from school about a week and couldn't find Jason was walking in the field and found you know the pile of gets oh farming

[@sheila120741]

At what time we did have about 20 head and we would rent my aunt's Bull who was sweet but there was definitely a female cow who was the leader she was funny

[@mehundmeh5356]

so all Pet animals are friendly until they not 😮

[@j.p.6932]

13:01 So a woman was literally killed as the result of a camel toe?

[@spencerrugg7704]

Aren't Pitbulls the Pitbulls of the animal world?

[@usedscar]

Hannibal

[@greghuffman3061]

Gordy

[@mickwilly3172]

Is the bald guy coming back?

[@ToptenzNettop10]

Not likely. He left.

[@ralfrudiger7276]

You mean Johnny Sins? Nah he left to do diffrent videos

[@mickwilly3172]

@@ToptenzNettop10 Ah ok, new guy's not bad was just wondering

[@kylekirkparick426]

It's easy to forget these people died, and it sad af that people died because of their pets. But it is kinda like Darwinism at work.

[@FMoash]

Sooooo no offense to Karl at all, but is Simon ever coming back? Or is he just sick of this channel with all the other ones he's got running now?

[@ashproof]

I don't know how I still expect less hair on your head and more on your chin. Simmons plastic surgery is really good.

[@lancetennenbaum2509]

What happened to Simon? I have not watched in a while.

[@neillynch_ecocidologist]

For every clickbait there's a fast-forward button and and an unsubscribe. :)

[@alanmorton5303]

Am being that guy. They can’t kill leopards as they are on the wrong continent! Jaguars at least are in the right area ….. but I feel this may be anecdotal as jaguars are absolute monsters

[@mooselord2838]

Your statement is correct though. No leopards in south America

[@TheHungrySlug]

I was thinking the same thing too and I'm Australian.@@mooselord2838 And because I know Jaguars are Panthers and they actively hunt Crocs. Plus they are know to hunt pythons too.

[@robotdeer]

Yeah that really bothered me and honestly made me feel like this channel is poorly researched/giving out misinformation.